Michael Jace Confesses to Killing Wife
BREAKING: The Shield actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer on television has officially confessed to MURDER after his wife was found dead in their home.
After Killing his wife, Jace called 911 and told an operator that he shot her, according to police. Since then killing CelebNMusic247.com has learned that detectives were investigating whether the couple’s financial or other marital difficulties might have played a role in the killing.
Now CNN has over-turned new evidence via Los Angeles police Detective Dean Vinluan said a printout of the incident history indicated that Jace called 911 and told the operator that he shot his wife.
Here is what is now being reported on the murder of April Jace:
Detectives intend to review multiple 911 calls placed after the shooting to determine what had happened before Jace is formally charged.
Jace, 51, who appeared on the hit FX series “The Shield,” was being held on $1 million bail after being accused of shooting his wife multiple times during an argument in their home in the quiet, modest Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In a press release, police cited domestic violence as a motive for the murder. Neighbors reported hearing arguing coming from the home before shots rang out,reports KNBC. April Jace suffered gunshot wounds in the upper body, according to KNBC.
Next-door neighbor Shirley Harding said she heard at least three gunshots Monday night. She described Michael and April Jace as good, hands-on parents.
Harding said:
“They were just lovely parents.”
“I never heard arguments, I just heard happiness over there.”
So what made Michael Jace SNAP and kill his wife?
Police responded to the report of shots fired around 8:30 p.m. Monday night to a home in the 5400 block of Byrnhurst avenue in Los Angeles’ Hyde Park district, LAPD Sgt. Albert Gonzalez told Crimesider. The body of April Jace, 40, the actor’s wife of 10 years, was found in a hallway of the home.
Police recovered a handgun believed to belong to her husband, Vinluan said.
The actor was seen walking out of the home when officers arrived. He was detained and later arrested.
Vinluan said:
“We don’t know if he came out of fear or was trying to get out of there.”
Police told CBS LAthe couple’s two young sons were at home at the time of the shooting. The boys had reportedly just returned home from little league practice with their mother when the shooting happened, reports the station.
LAPD Det. Sal LaBarbera told the station:
“When there’s children involved, it’s very sad. It’s unclear if they saw the shooting, but they heard the shooting.”
“And now to be left with no mother and no father, it’s a very sad situation for all the kids involved.”
As for the couples two children, both under 10, were destrot by the death of their mother. Luckily “they were not physically hurt, but obviously their emotions are running high.”
Detectives believe the Jace was under a great deal of pressure and was in financial ruin. Although he was a successful TV actor, he was in MAJOR debt and reportedly filed for bankruptcy in March 2011, listing debts between $500,000 and $1 million. Much of the debt appeared to be related to his home, which he owed more on than it was worth, and more than $22,000 he owed in state and federal income taxes. More than $20,000 of his tax delinquency was owed to the state of California for the year 2008.
While Jace was felling the weight of fatherhood and responsibilities, his wife, who he murdered, April Jace had worked as a financial aid counselor at Biola University, a private Christian school, since March 2013. She was reportedly a wonderful upbeat lady with a “radiant personality” and “great energy.”
The murder is tragic and horrific. Jace should have seek help or looked into NACA a government plan that help families save their homes and get out of financial ruin.
CelebNMusic247.com has learned that in a statement of his assets, Jace checked off a box indicating he didn’t own any firearms.
Jace had agreed to a payment plan in the bankruptcy, but by November 2013 had fallen behind by nearly $2,000. A trustee sought to dismiss the case over the late payments, but that petition was withdrawn on Dec. 24, 2013, records show.
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